Away from pens, books, and classrooms; away from friends, play, and innocence; very much away from a regular childhood. . . . You may have seen him bringing you tea after office hours, you may have seen her selling pens at the traffic signal, or…

Present-day 2021; dire shortage of vaccine, failing health care system, scare of a third wave that might medically affect children, struggle to brave each day. Flashback 2020; novel coronavirus hits India, nationwide lockdown, lost jobs, mass unemployment, migrants take long arduous journeys back home, 12-year-old Jamlo…